1
a
: a horny projection on the skin usually of the extremities produced by proliferation of the skin papillae and caused by any of numerous human papillomaviruses
called also verruca vulgaris
b
: any of numerous similar skin lesions not caused by viruses
2
: an excrescence or protuberance resembling a true wart
especially
: a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on a plant
3
a
: one that suggests a wart especially in smallness, unpleasantness, or unattractiveness
b
: defect, imperfection
—often used in the phrase warts and all
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Laying it all out on the table, warts and all, for listeners to pick apart and, yes, be totally shocked over.
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Dan Heching, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
This is us, like it or not, warts and all, this is us.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
But, for all their warts, the Bruins have resilience.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Many, but not all, Amanita mushrooms contain the iconic cap warts though most are white or yellow.
—Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
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Dan Heching, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
This is us, like it or not, warts and all, this is us.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
But, for all their warts, the Bruins have resilience.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Many, but not all, Amanita mushrooms contain the iconic cap warts though most are white or yellow.
—Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Wart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wart. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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wart
noun1
: a horny projection on the skin usually of the extremities produced by proliferation of the skin papillae and caused by any of numerous genotypes of the human papillomavirus see flat wart, genital wart, plantar wart, verruca vulgaris
2
: any of numerous warty skin lesions not caused by human papillomaviruses
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